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Pakistan releases new anthem honouring China’s 97th PLA anniversary
Musical tribute emphasizes timeless journey between Pakistan and China that stands stronger than Himalayas
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Infrastructure development posing serious threat to snow leopards in G-B: study
WWF-Pakistan study finds increased human footprint, through linear development, deteriorates big cat habitat
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Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors as deaths reach 157
Quake occurred at 11:47 pm on Friday with a magnitude 6.4, Nepal's National Seismological Centre said
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Disaster in the Himalayas: how a rare February landslide left more than 200 dead
Avalanches and flash flooding in the Himalayas are common during summer and monsoon months
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Rescuers drill Indian tunnel to look for trapped workers; families get impatient
About 171 people remain unaccounted for since Sunday’s disaster in the Uttarakhand state
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China, India agree to disengage troops on contested border
Beijing tells New Delhi that all personnel and equipment that have trespassed at the border must be moved
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'Himalayan towns facing increased water insecurity'
Report reflects water demand and supply gap in eight of the surveyed towns is 20 to 70 per cent
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Indian workers toil at one of world's highest roads
Stationed at a height of 5,360m , the 13 men, from Jharkhand, have little experience of cold climes of Chang La
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At least 300 yaks fall prey to extreme weather in India
Officials say farm animals died because of both cold and starvation in a remote Himalayan valley
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Nature’s palette: Capital city donned in fall colours
Foliage bursts in shades of orange, rust, red and bright yellow
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Pakistani porters: unsung masters of top mountains
While foreign climbers have won plaudits for their feats, Pakistani mountaineers are largely overlooked
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Nepal's marathon monks trade robes for running shoes
The sport will put their remote village on the map and provide the funds needed to rebuild homes
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Polish mountaineers call off winter K2 summit bid
K2 remains only peak in the world above 8,000 metres never climbed in winter
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'Sherlock Holmes' of Nepal's Himalayas dies at 94
Hawley was known as an authoritative voice on Himalayan mountaineering after moving to Nepal in 1959 as a journalist
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16 Hindu pilgrims killed in held Kashmir bus crash
Bus taking pilgrims to a Himalayan cave revered as the abode of Lord Shiva plunges into a gorge
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Two foreign mountaineers missing on Nanga Parbat feared dead
The Spanish and Argentinian alpinists were last heard from on 23 June while at the 6,100-metre base of Nanga Parbat
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Documentary on Himalayas screened at Alliance Francąise
Film by Michael Palin shows colours and life of people of northern Pakistan
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This place in Pakistan is one of the hardest places to reach on Earth
We look at four of the world's toughest and highest unclimbed peaks in The Himalayas
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The mountains that provide sustenance for a nation
Rapid climate change means mountains have gradually become more destructive for people
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Indian climber dies, two others missing, on Everest
The climber reached the 8,849-metre summit on Saturday but collapsed while descending the Hillary Step ice wall
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Bodies of climbers emerge from Himalayan glacier after 16 years
Lowe and Bridges were swept away by a massive snow and ice avalanche on Shisha Pangma peak in China in October 1999
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Four foreign climbers killed in Himalayas
The Swiss and Austrian climbers were part of a team attempting to summit China's 8,027-metre high Shisha Pangma
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Tibetan schoolboy who set himself alight dies in India
The 16-year-old said from his hospital bed he had a "strong determination to do something for Tibet
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Mount Everest’s glaciers are turning into lakes
Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century
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Austrian climber missing in Himalayas
The mountaineer, part of a team of three, was descending after a successful summit of the 6,839-metre high peak